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UNINA9910464141703321 |
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Autore |
Chapman Michael E |
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Arguing Americanism : Franco lobbyists, Roosevelt's foreign policy, and the Spanish Civil War / / Michael E. Chapman |
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Kent, Ohio : , : Kent State University Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxii, 315 p. ) : map ; |
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Collana |
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New studies in U.S. foreign relations |
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Soggetti |
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Anti-communist movements - United States - History - 20th century |
National characteristics, American |
Public opinion - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
Spain Foreign relations United States |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Diplomatic history |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Foreign public opinion, American |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Participation, American |
Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Propaganda |
United States Foreign relations Spain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Pro-Franco anticommunism -- Defending Americanism -- Roosevelt's mental map -- Keeping the embargo -- The American Union for Nationalist Spain -- Spain in arms -- Franco lobbyists and the Christian Front -- Un-American Americanism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since World War II, American historians have traditionally sided with the Loyalist supporters of the Spanish Civil War, validating their arguments that the pro-Nationalists were un-American for backing an unplalatable dictator. In Arguing Americanism, author Michael E. Chapman examines the long-overlooked pro-Nationalist argument. Employing new archival sources, Champman documents a small yet effective network of lobbyists who fought to promote General Franco's Nationalist Spain, positing that the debates about the U.S. arms embargo on Spain were |
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never really about Spain but rather about the soul of Americanism, the definition of democracy, and who should be the defining. |
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